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1 CULTURE & COUNTERCULTURE: A REACTION TO THE VIETNAM WAR and 1950s CONFORMITY

2 THE HIPPIES MEMBERS OF THE COUNTERCULTURE WERE KNOWN AS HIPPIESMEMBERS OF THE COUNTERCULTURE WERE KNOWN AS HIPPIES FELT AMERICAN SOCIETY HAD GROWN HOLLOWFELT AMERICAN SOCIETY HAD GROWN HOLLOW “TUNE IN, TURN ON, DROP OUT” – DR. TIMOTHY LEARY“TUNE IN, TURN ON, DROP OUT” – DR. TIMOTHY LEARY THOUSANDS OF IDEALISTIC YOUTHS LEFT SCHOOL, WORK AND HOME TO CREATE A COMMUNITY OF PEACE, LOVE AND HARMONYTHOUSANDS OF IDEALISTIC YOUTHS LEFT SCHOOL, WORK AND HOME TO CREATE A COMMUNITY OF PEACE, LOVE AND HARMONY

3 CULTURE OF THE HIPPIES ROCK N’ ROLLROCK N’ ROLL OUTRAGEOUS CLOTHINGOUTRAGEOUS CLOTHING SEXUAL FREEDOMSSEXUAL FREEDOMS USE OF ILLEGAL DRUGS: MARIJUANA AND LSDUSE OF ILLEGAL DRUGS: MARIJUANA AND LSD ZEN BUDDHISMZEN BUDDHISM MANY JOINED COMMUNES WHERE EVERYTHING WAS SHAREDMANY JOINED COMMUNES WHERE EVERYTHING WAS SHARED

4 FAMILY LIFE

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6 SOCIALIZING

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8 LOVE

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10 MUSICAL PERFORMANCE

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12 FASHION

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14 PATRIOTISM

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16 THE IMPACT OF THE COUNTER- CULTURE MOVEMENT: ART POP ARTISTS ATTEMPTED TO BRING ART INTO THE MAINSTREAMPOP ARTISTS ATTEMPTED TO BRING ART INTO THE MAINSTREAM ANDY WARHOLANDY WARHOL OFTEN DEPICTED EVERYDAY LIFEOFTEN DEPICTED EVERYDAY LIFE CRITICISM OF MODERN LIFE (IMPERSONAL, “COOKIE-CUTTER” LIFESTYLES)CRITICISM OF MODERN LIFE (IMPERSONAL, “COOKIE-CUTTER” LIFESTYLES)

17 ANDY WARHOL

18 Date: 1/14/15 Activity: Counterculture Warm Up: Without looking at your notes from yesterday, describe a “hippie” of the Counterculture Movement with as many details as you can remember Homework: *Counterculture & Music due tomorrow 1/15 Welcome to Contemporary U.S. and World History PgAssignmentDate 81Please Do Now1/6 82Vietnam Study Guide1/6 83Legacy of the War Rdg1/7 84Legacy of the War Notes1/7 85Social Changes Vocab1/9 86Culture and Counterculture1/13 87Counterculture & Music1/14

19 CULTURE OF THE HIPPIES ROCK N’ ROLLROCK N’ ROLL OUTRAGEOUS CLOTHINGOUTRAGEOUS CLOTHING SEXUAL FREEDOMSSEXUAL FREEDOMS USE OF ILLEGAL DRUGS: MARIJUANA AND LSDUSE OF ILLEGAL DRUGS: MARIJUANA AND LSD ZEN BUDDHISMZEN BUDDHISM MANY JOINED COMMUNES WHERE EVERYTHING WAS SHAREDMANY JOINED COMMUNES WHERE EVERYTHING WAS SHARED

20 THE IMPACT OF THE COUNTER- CULTURE MOVEMENT: MUSIC EMBRACED ROCK ’N’ ROLL AS A FORM OF ANGRY PROTEST TO THE VIETNAM WAREMBRACED ROCK ’N’ ROLL AS A FORM OF ANGRY PROTEST TO THE VIETNAM WAR OFF SHOOT OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN RHYTHM AND BLUESOFF SHOOT OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN RHYTHM AND BLUES FOLK ROCK = ACOUSTIC GUITARS, TRADITIONAL SONGS AND BLUES MUSIC COMBINED WITH POLITICAL MESSAGESFOLK ROCK = ACOUSTIC GUITARS, TRADITIONAL SONGS AND BLUES MUSIC COMBINED WITH POLITICAL MESSAGES PSYCHEDELIC ROCK ATTEMPTED TO REPLICATE THE “MIND ALTERING” EXPERIENCES OF DRUGSPSYCHEDELIC ROCK ATTEMPTED TO REPLICATE THE “MIND ALTERING” EXPERIENCES OF DRUGS MANIPULATING THE SOUNDS OF THE VOCALS AND INSTRUMENTSMANIPULATING THE SOUNDS OF THE VOCALS AND INSTRUMENTS

21 JEFFERSON AIRPLANE LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT IN THE STREETS GOT A REVOLUTION GOT TO REVOLUTION HEY I'M DANCING DOWN THE STREETS GOT A REVOLUTION GOT TO REVOLUTION AIN'T IT AMAZING ALL THE PEOPLE I MEET GOT A REVOLUTION GOT TO REVOLUTION ONE GENERATION GOT OLD ONE GENERATION GOT SOUL THIS GENERATION GOT NO DESTINATION TO HOLD PICK UP THE CRY HEY NOW IT'S TIME FOR YOU AND ME https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SboRijh WFDU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SboRijh WFDU Volunteers

22 BOB DYLAN AH GET BORN, KEEP WARM SHORT PANTS, ROMANCE, LEARN TO DANCE GET DRESSED, GET BLESSED TRY TO BE A SUCCESS PLEASE HER, PLEASE HIM, BUY GIFTS DON'T STEAL, DON'T LIFT TWENTY YEARS OF SCHOOLIN' AND THEY PUT YOU ON THE DAY SHIFT LOOK OUT KID THEY KEEP IT ALL HID BETTER JUMP DOWN A MANHOLE LIGHT YOURSELF A CANDLE DON'T WEAR SANDALS TRY TO AVOID THE SCANDALS DON'T WANNA BE A BUM YOU BETTER CHEW GUM THE PUMP DON'T WORK 'CAUSE THE VANDALS TOOK THE HANDLES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGxjI BEZvx0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGxjI BEZvx0 Subterranean Homesick Blues

23 THE GRATEFUL DEAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHbna2plitg&list=RDsHbna2pli tg#t=354

24 JANIS JOPLIN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHrSdSUB2L4

25 JIMI HENDRIX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au_mGhA Y-7A

26 SLY & THE FAMILY STONE

27 THE BEATLES

28 WOODSTOCK MUSIC FESTIVAL AUGUST 15-18, 1969AUGUST 15-18, 1969 PEACEFUL AND WELL ORGANIZED EVENT (THOUGH VERY RAINY AND DIRTY)PEACEFUL AND WELL ORGANIZED EVENT (THOUGH VERY RAINY AND DIRTY) BROUGHT THE MOST POPULAR ARTISTS OF THE COUNTERCULTURE MOVEMENT TOGETHERBROUGHT THE MOST POPULAR ARTISTS OF THE COUNTERCULTURE MOVEMENT TOGETHER EXEMPLIFIED THE VALUES OF THE HIPPIE MOVEMENTEXEMPLIFIED THE VALUES OF THE HIPPIE MOVEMENT

29 View of the Woodstock Music Festival

30 DECLINE OF THE HIPPIE MOVEMENT URBAN COMMUNES BECAME SEEDY AND DANGEROUSURBAN COMMUNES BECAME SEEDY AND DANGEROUS DRUG ADDICTION AND OVERDOSES WERE COMMONDRUG ADDICTION AND OVERDOSES WERE COMMON MANY COULD NOT AFFORD TO LIVE WITHOUT JOBSMANY COULD NOT AFFORD TO LIVE WITHOUT JOBS FOUND THEY COULD NOT RELY ON EACH OTHERFOUND THEY COULD NOT RELY ON EACH OTHER BY 1970 JANIS JOPLIN AND JIMI HENDRIX HAD DIED OF OVERDOSES (SYMBOLIC END TO THE MOVEMENT)BY 1970 JANIS JOPLIN AND JIMI HENDRIX HAD DIED OF OVERDOSES (SYMBOLIC END TO THE MOVEMENT) ALTAMONT FREE MUSIC FESTIVAL, 1969, CONSIDERED BY SOME AS THE SYMBOLIC END OF THE HIPPIE MOVEMENT.

31 LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF THE COUNTERCULTURE MOVEMENT ATTITUDES TOWARDS SEX BECAME MORE CASUAL AND PERMISSIVE (SEXUAL REVOLUTION)ATTITUDES TOWARDS SEX BECAME MORE CASUAL AND PERMISSIVE (SEXUAL REVOLUTION) MASS CULTURE (TV, BOOKS, MOVIES, MUSIC, ETC) BEGAN TO EXPLORE SUBJECTS THAT HAD ONCE BEEN PROHIBITEDMASS CULTURE (TV, BOOKS, MOVIES, MUSIC, ETC) BEGAN TO EXPLORE SUBJECTS THAT HAD ONCE BEEN PROHIBITED MORE LIBERAL ATTITUDES TOWARDS SOCIAL BEHAVIORS, APPEARANCE AND LIFESTYLESMORE LIBERAL ATTITUDES TOWARDS SOCIAL BEHAVIORS, APPEARANCE AND LIFESTYLES CONTRAST AN EARLY BEATLES SONG TO A LATER BEATLES SONG

32 THE CONSERVATIVE RESPONSE MANY THOUGHT THE COUNTRY WAS LOSING ITS SENSE OF RIGHT AND WRONGMANY THOUGHT THE COUNTRY WAS LOSING ITS SENSE OF RIGHT AND WRONG WORRIED “CAMPUS REBELS” WERE A THREAT TO TRADITIONAL VALUESWORRIED “CAMPUS REBELS” WERE A THREAT TO TRADITIONAL VALUES FELT AMERICA WAS HEADED TOWARDS ANARCHYFELT AMERICA WAS HEADED TOWARDS ANARCHY VIEWED COUNTERCULTURE AS ABANDONING RATIONAL THOUGHT IN FAVOR OF UNINHIBITED SELF-EXPRESSIONVIEWED COUNTERCULTURE AS ABANDONING RATIONAL THOUGHT IN FAVOR OF UNINHIBITED SELF-EXPRESSION THIS GROWING CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT, INSPIRED BY THE COUNTERCULTURE MOVEMENT, WOULD PROPEL RICHARD NIXON INTO THE WHITE HOUSE IN 1968THIS GROWING CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT, INSPIRED BY THE COUNTERCULTURE MOVEMENT, WOULD PROPEL RICHARD NIXON INTO THE WHITE HOUSE IN 1968

33 The Counterculture Embraced Rock & Roll as a means to: A. A.Express their love for our country B. B.Protest the war in Vietnam C. C.Support the war in Vietnam This type of music attempted to replicate the “Mind Altering” experiences of drugs used by hippies in the 60s and 70s. A.Folk Rock B.Rhythm and Blues C.Psychedelic Rock

34 The peaceful counterculture musical festival that took place in NY in August of 1969 was: A. A.Lollapalooza B. B.Firefly Music Festival C. C.Woodstock Music Festival D. D.Altamont Free Music Festival Altamont Free Music Festival was known for: A. A.Replicating Woodstock’s peaceful music festival 4 months later B. B.Violence C. C.The end of the Hippie Movement D. D.Both B & C

35 All of the following were reasons for the decline of the hippie movement EXCEPT: A. A.The war in Vietnam ended B. B.Urban Communes became seedy and dangerous C. C.Hippies found that they could not rely on each other D. D.Many could not afford to live without jobs TRUE OR FALSE? Some of the long-term effects of the Counterculture Movement were the sexual revolution, liberation of mass media and more liberal attitudes towards social behaviors and lifestyles. True

36 In Closing… If you had to summarize the change of music during the Counterculture Movement into 1-2 words, what words would you choose?If you had to summarize the change of music during the Counterculture Movement into 1-2 words, what words would you choose? PoliticalPolitical DeepDeep MeaningfulMeaningful InfluentialInfluential InspirationalInspirational

37 Homework: 1. Based on your knowledge of the War in Veitnam and the times surrounding it, analyze the meaning of “The Vietnam Song” by Country Joe and the Fish *use specific knowledge from prior learning 2. Respond to the following prompt: Compared to previous decades, music of the 1960's and 1970's reflected the political and social tensions of the times. How is the music of the 1960's Counterculture comparable to music today? Give at least one example from the 1960's and one example today to support your answer.


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